Rig Veda 9.67.12: Mandala 9, Sukta 67, Mantra 12
Sukta 9.67
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (offered to a luminous/ardent power addressed as Āghṛṇa)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अयं त आघृणे सुतो घृतं न पवते शुचि । आ भक्षत्कन्यासु नः ॥
Transliteration
ayáṃ ta āghṛṇe sutó ghṛtáṃ na pavate śúci | ā bhakṣat kanyā́su naḥ ||
Translation
This pressed Soma, O blazing one, flows pure like clarified ghee; may it grant us nourishment and a right enjoyment within the ever-new energies, so that our growth proceeds in clarity.
Word by Word
अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
कर्तृ (वाक्य-कर्तृ/विषयः) — ‘सुतः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण-रूपेण
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेto you
ते:
सम्प्रदान (यस्यार्थे/यस्य कृते) — ‘तुभ्यम्’
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आघृणेO radiant/fiery one (epithet)
आघृणे:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान) — सम्बोधितः
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootआघृणि- (प्रातिपदिक; सोमस्य/देवस्य विशेषणम्)
सुतःpressed (Soma)
सुतः:
कर्तृ (पवते इत्यस्य) — ‘pressed (Soma)’
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootसु (धातु) → सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; PPP)
घृतम्ghee
घृतम्:
उपमान/कर्म-सम्बन्धः (न-उपमा) — ‘घृतं न’
TypeNoun
Rootघृत- (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike/as
न:
— (उपमान-सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
पवतेpurifies itself / flows (as purified)
पवते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootपू (धातु; ‘पवते’ = √पू/पु ‘to purify/flow’)
शुचिःpure, bright
शुचिः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (सुतः/अयम्) — ‘the pure one’
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि- (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, unto
आ:
— (क्रियाविशेषकः; ‘towards/unto’)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
भक्षत्let (him) eat/partake
भक्षत्:
क्रिया (आह्वान/प्रार्थना) — ‘let him partake’
TypeVerb
Rootभक्ष् (धातु)
कन्यासुamong the maidens
कन्यासु:
अधिकरण (स्थान/आश्रय) — ‘among/in the maidens’
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या- (प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us, our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (अस्माकम्) — ‘our’
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
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